Man refused bail over three alleged AN0M bikie murder plots
A man arrested under the Operation Ironside bust over his alleged role in three plots to murder a bikie has faced court seeking bail.
A man arrested under the Operation Ironside bust over his alleged role in three plots to murder a bikie has faced court seeking bail.
The state’s highest court has ruled whether Operation Ironside detectives were acting legally when they intercepted messages on the AN0M app.
A cartel linked to a top Australian law enforcer and tonnes of cocaine and ecstasy has been smashed for a second time.
From Bunnings carparks to Maccas and suburban Adelaide homes, secret messages show how and where drugs are dealt around Adelaide. See the map.
Millions of dollars of cocaine was successfully smuggled into Australia through clever fakes from Colombia – some destined for Adelaide.
This “Facebook Gangster” thought he was operating in secret. He was wrong. Now you can see what he had to say when he thought no one was watching.
A single fateful decision by the architect behind AN0M led to the arrest of more than a thousand people across the globe. See why he is now the “underworld’s most wanted”.
Australia’s most dangerous criminals allegedly used the AN0M app to run underworld gangs fuelled by drugs and violence. For the first time, today we publish the contents of their secret chat groups.
A man who’s been locked up in isolation for 22 times longer than the UN’s agreed maximum has failed in his bid for release – but the judge will not say why.
Criminals that escaped the Operation Ironside global sting might be shocked to learn they aren’t yet in the clear. See the AFP’s secret blacklist of AN0M users and their bizarre names.
A young farmer and FIFO worker who let his property be used as a criminal syndicate’s firing range to test semi-automatic weapons has been sentenced.
An alleged Hells Angels associate accused of involvement in a clandestine Brisbane meth lab is seeking documents provided by the FBI to Australian law enforcement as part of Operation Ironside.
Alleged crime figures fighting to have millions of intercepted messages thrown out of court have been hit with a huge legal setback.
An alleged drug “kingpin” arrested under Operation Ironside bragged about having helicopters and boats and cash – but it was all a lie, a court has heard.
A hit of fantasy for a couple of dollars or a kilogram of cocaine or meth for the cost of a house deposit – we reveal what drug dealers charge to get people addicted.
A key player busted in the ANOM sting is facing jail after pleading guilty to attempting to possess almost 150kg of meth when police identified him from a shot of his thumb.
After hearing months of evidence as part of a case challenging the validity of the encrypted AN0M app at the heart of Operation Ironside, the Supreme Court has ruled on its legality.
A one-time model turned fugitive Comanchero bikie boss has been found to be directing criminal activity from his foreign bolthole.
Six men charged over an alleged Comanchero murder plot to gun down one of their own at a popular Adelaide cafe strip have entered their pleas in court.
Prosecutors are appealing a three-year jail term for shifting $9m in meth because they say it could lead to lesser sentences for other Ironside criminals.
The architects of the sting of the century may give evidence in court as men accused of conspiring to import a tonne of cocaine into Australia launch a legal challenge.
He was managing an exclusive casino bar – so how did Rohan Wakefield end up with detectives at his door and a ute full of drugs, cash and hidden guns?
Drug kingpins, teen dealers, an arsonist and wannabe bikies – these are the people already doing jail time in Adelaide, taken down by global sting Operation Ironside. See the full list.
Was he anticipating a life-changing windfall? Prosecutors say Tereapii Pokoina quit his job on the day a huge cocaine shipment arrived, proving he wasn’t just an exploited stooge.
Millions of dollars have been pledged to both prosecutors and the Legal Services Commission ahead of a flood of Operation Ironside trials slated to begin next year.
An Operation Ironside accused lamented he had “lost millions” when police seized 10kg of methylamphetamine during a traffic stop, court hears.
All $20,000 “secretly” taken from the account of a law firm acting for an Operation Ironside accused will be returned, with the judge strongly criticising prosecutors.
Thousands of dollars taken from an SA law firm over Operation Ironside should be given back, a judge says – and never should have been taken at all.
A man who allegedly went by the moniker MoneyMaker is a little poorer after the courts froze a million dollars worth of his assets.
A 20-year-old arrested in Operation Ironside feared he was “red hot” and being tailed by police so he stashed a fortune at his girlfriend’s house, a court has heard.
SA lawyers have been put on alert by an unusual move by SA Police that left a firm representing an alleged Ironside offender fearing it had been robbed.
A truckie thought he was picking up a bag of cannabis as a favour – instead he was caught in Operation Ironside with 10kg of meth, a court has heard.
The intended victim of an alleged bikie bashing plot broke the first rule of the Comanchero “brotherhood”, a court has heard.
The Operation Ironside police sting has brought one of SA’s worst bikie gangs to its knees, and it’s already having unprecedented effects on Adelaide’s underbelly.
An Adelaide court has heard alarming new details of how bikies allegedly used the AN0M app to plot the machinegun execution of a man known as “sexy” on The Parade.
Four alleged Comanchero bikies planned to lure a fellow member to the Adelaide Aquatic Centre and bash him, a court has heard.
Operation Ironside’s AN0M sting has revealed how Australia’s new mafia bosses operate and have left their once secret mob exposed. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
A murder plot involving a machine gun at a cafe is among the crimes disrupted in a genius police sting that’s smashed Australia’s underworld.
A Burnside teenager arrested by Operation Ironside detectives had a cache of luxury watches, phones and cash in his bedroom at his parents’ house, court documents allege.
Luke Kokotis was living the high life with 19 properties, $450,000 in the bank and a fleet of vehicles including a Lamborghini. Then Operation Ironside detectives came knocking.
A man arrested during Operation Ironside was caught at a “crucial moment” with disguises after hiding a loaded gun for an alleged bikie assassination attempt, a court has heard.
An Ironside accused and senior Comanchero boss was responsible for sourcing a sub-machinegun to be used in a drive-by shooting a court has heard.
A man who allegedly went by ‘MoneyMaker’ on the AN0M app has been refused bail on charges of trafficking a kilo of ice in a Bunnings carpark.
Pushing the Operation Ironside arrests through the courts is set to cost the state government millions of dollars in extra funding – with a task force now set up.
Two high-profile alleged drug plots have been uncovered by the AN0M sting, with links to a Comanchero-linked crime syndicate. See the video.
This is what the AFP’s forensic team involved in Operation Ironside did to find hidden weapons, drugs and $50 million in dirty cash.
An Operation Ironside accused has unsuccessfully sought release on bail for a third time, while a co-accused has admitted guilt in a firebomb attack.
The AFP has ‘another ingenious plan’ to further dismantle organised crime networks after pulling off the Operation Ironside sting.
Benjamin Thornton swore he’d gone straight and settled down to family life, running a business with his partner, a beauty therapy student. But the former personal trainer is accused of being a drug syndicate mastermind.
Text messages filed in Brisbane’s Supreme Court between an alleged four-man drug ring, including a former crane driver and a house-flipper, provide an insight into what police will allege is a major syndicate’s operation. READ THE TEXTS
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